Gun stand for electric target devices



Jime 2, 1942. M. w. KENNEY ETAL GUN STAND FOR ELECTRIC TARGET DEVICES-Filed July 15, 1940 f 2 Z jiz zzzans' JZa/ax iii/2272724? Patented June2, 1942 UNETED GUN STAND FOR ELECTRIC TARGET DEVICES Mahlon W. Kenney,Oak Park, and Herman G. Jensen, Chicago, 111., assignors to RayoliteRifle Range Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Oklahoma Ourinvention relates to improvements in gun stands for electric targetdevices and has for one object to provide a new and improved type of gunstand which may be used in connection with any suitable type of targetdevice. Other objects of our invention are to provide a gun stand whichwill hold a plurality of guns, to provide a gun stand which will so holdthe guns that the likelihood of twisting or breaking the control cablewill be reduced to a minimum, and to provide a gun stand which in asingle portable unit may contain the coin control and coin receptionmechanism, the target and gun control amplifier and the guns themselves.

Other objects will appear from time to time in the specification.

Our invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawing wherein Figure 1 is a plan view.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a section along the line 3-.3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 2. Figure Figure 2.

Like parts are indicated by like characters in the various figures.

Our invention is intended to be used in connection with the well-knowntype of electric light target apparatus wherein an electrically actuatedor controlled light gun is fired from a distant point at a target. Oneof the problems in connection with such devices as this is the supportand protection of the gun to prevent it falling out on the floor and thelike and to prevent interference, breakage and especially twisting ofthe gun control cable when the gun is not in use.

In the past gun stands have been made containing only the coin vault andcoin control slide and switch at the top of the stand with a rack forthe gun. Such a stand is unstable. By putting the amplifying mechanismat the bottom of the stand we are able to provide a stable stand to takeup little, if any, additional room and to 5 is a section along the line5-5 of make a much smaller target housing which may The inside surfacesof the walls 3, 5, 1, It, 1 l are lined with rubber or othersuitablecushioning material l2 so that the gun I3 may be inserted fromabove without danger of damage. The pocket 9 tapers down much as theold-fashioned cavalry gun scabbard so that the gun is guided into properposition. The top of the pocket 9 is partially closed by the wall 13slotted at l4, the slot being provided with a cushion 15. The wall 3comes up high enough so that the operator, as he stands back of theguncabinet, will see through the slot G4 the top of the wall 3 and beeasily able to guide the gun into position.

In the Wall 13 is an aperture it, the wall 10 is apertured at H and thegun cable l8 extends from the plug. 19 upwardly through the apertures I1and it to the gun. The relationship of cable and gun, when the gun is inthe storage position in the gun cabinet, as indicated in Figure 3, issuch that the cable hangs down but does not reach the floor so there isno danger of stepping on or tripping over the cable.

I have illustrated two such gun and holster arrangements. There might beone only or there might be more than two. In the preferred form thewalls I, 8 define a closed chamber within the housing between the twogun pockets. This central chamber is horizontally divided by a partition20. The area above the partition 20 defines a, coin chamber 21, which isclosed by the door 22 in the apertured wall 3, having a lock 23. 24 is acoin control mechanism including the usual slide, switches and the like,details of which are.

'21 is a window through which bad money as sorted by the mechanism 24may be seen, and 2B is an electric control button.

The lower part of the chamber between the walls '1 and 8 and below thepartition 28 contains one or more amplifying mechanisms 29. A controlcable Sill goes out of the front of the box to extend to the targetmechanism and to provide a source of power for the operation of theamplifier. The chamber containing the amplifier is closed by a removabledoor 39 with lock 3| in the apertured wall 4, there being a window 32through which the amplifying mechanism may be inspected if desired.

The wall 4, where it bounds the rear side of the chamber 21, is offsetas indicated at 33 to form a kind of pocket between the walls 1 and 8,within which the bad coin window 2i may be visible.

We claim:

1. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including ahousing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorlycushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and lengthof the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket,the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminatingshort of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upperedge thereof.

2. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including ahousing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorlycushioned gun pocket, a, slotted closure therefor, the width and lengthof the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket,the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminatingshort of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upperedge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical,the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined.

3. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including ahousing containing an upwardly and rearii ardly expanding interiorlycushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and lengthof the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the pocket,the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminatingshort of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upperedge thereof, the front wall of the pocket :being substantiallyvertical, the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, thelower portion of the back wall being more nearly parallel to thevertical wall than is the upper portion of the wall.

4. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like, including ahousing containing an upwardly and rearwardly expanding interiorlycushioned gun pocket, a slotted closure therefor, the width and lengthof the slot being less than the corresponding dimensions of the-pocket,the cover being rearwardly and downwardly inclined, the slot terminatingshort of the lower edge of the cover and extending through the upperedge thereof, the front wall of the pocket being substantially vertical,the back wall of the pocket being rearwardly inclined, the front Wall ofthe pocket terminating below and out of contact with the upper edge ofthe cover.

5. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, the upperchamber extending the entire depth of the housing, a gun pocket in thehousing closed at front, back and sides extending throughout almost theentire height of the housing, open at the top, and occupying a portionof the depthof the housing in line with the lower chamber and a portionof the width of the housing in line with the upper chamber.

6. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, a removable door for each closed chamber extendingsubstantially the entire width of the chamber, the door to the lowerchamber being in the back and the door to the upper chamber in the frontof the housing. 7

, 7. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, the lower chamber having an extension extending upwardlyalongside of the upper chamber above the bottom thereof and alongside ofthe gun pocket.

8. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, the back and. side walls of the gun pocket being substantiallyvertical, the wall separating the gun pocket from the lower chamberbeing inclined.

9. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire Width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, a closure for the gun pocket comprising an inclined memberextending upwardly from front to rear, terminating above the back wallof the pocket and slotted from the upper edge backwardly and downwardly,the slot being narrower than the width of the gun pocket.

10. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin controlmechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electricamplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire widththereof.

11. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, the upper chamber being adapted. to contain a coin controlmechanism the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electricamplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire widththereof, the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzledown, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from theamplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gunpocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof andto terminate at the gun;

12. A gun stand for electric target devices and the like including ahousing, a plurality of closed chambers therein, one above the other,the lower chamber extending the entire width of the housing, a gunpocket in the housing closed at front, back and sides extendingthroughout almost the entire height of the housing, open at the top, andoccupying a portion of the depth of the housing in line with the lowerchamber and a portion of the width of the housing in line with the upperchamber, the upper chamber being adapted to contain a coin controlmechanism, the lower chamber being adapted to contain an electricamplifying mechanism extending substantially throughout the entire widththereof, the stand being adapted to hold a gun in the pocket, muzzledown, the stand being adapted to support a cable extending from theamplifying mechanism to and through the upper extremity of the gunpocket to hang outside of the housing along the front wall thereof andto terminate at the gun, the relative dimensions of housing, pocket, gunand cable being such that when the gun is properly positioned in thepocket with muzzle down the bight of the cable hangs substantially online with the bottom of the housing.

MAHLON W. KENNEY. HERMAN Gr. JENSEN.

